MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-69.09 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -69.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1009 34 25.5 22.5 84 3.0 23.4 128 5 297.9 301.1 296.3 348.2 17.31 1 1000 110 25.8 21.9 79 3.9 23.0 132 7 299.0 302.0 296.1 347.8 16.75 2 950 562 22.8 20.5 87 2.2 21.2 145 9 300.3 303.2 296.1 347.8 16.23 3 900 1031 20.0 15.7 76 4.3 17.1 145 9 302.1 304.4 294.1 339.2 12.56 4 850 1524 18.2 10.3 60 8.0 13.2 138 8 305.3 307.0 292.6 333.1 9.26 5 800 2041 15.8 5.8 51 10.0 9.9 118 6 308.0 309.3 291.7 330.0 7.23 6 750 2586 12.8 3.8 54 9.0 7.6 82 7 310.5 311.7 292.0 331.2 6.71 7 700 3163 10.1 -5.2 33 15.4 2.7 77 10 313.7 314.4 290.4 325.5 3.70 8 650 3775 6.9 -6.6 37 13.5 0.5 79 11 316.8 317.5 291.3 328.4 3.58 9 600 4428 3.1 -10.1 37 13.2 -2.7 76 10 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.5 2.96 10 550 5128 -0.9 -12.4 42 11.4 -5.7 76 9 323.0 323.5 292.3 332.0 2.69 11 500 5883 -5.3 -13.3 53 8.0 -8.5 88 8 326.6 327.1 293.3 335.9 2.74 12 450 6702 -10.4 -15.7 65 5.3 -12.3 107 8 330.2 330.7 294.0 338.8 2.51 13 400 7599 -16.4 -20.6 70 4.2 -17.7 92 10 333.6 334.0 294.4 340.2 1.85 14 350 8589 -23.3 -25.2 84 1.9 -23.8 78 12 337.3 337.6 294.9 342.4 1.41 15 300 9700 -30.9 -38.2 49 7.3 -32.0 71 28 341.8 341.9 295.2 343.6 0.47 16 250 10964 -41.2 -44.6 70 3.4 -41.5 58 37 344.8 344.8 295.7 345.9 0.29 17 200 12439 -53.5 -57.2 64 3.7 -53.7 61 41 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.08 18 150 14229 -67.2 -68.1 88 0.9 -67.2 75 62 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.03 19 100 16592 -77.0 -81.5 49 4.5 -77.0 55 33 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.35 m Freezing level: 561.44 mb = 4967.88 m = 16298.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.28 mb = 3872.79 m = 12705.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.31 C = 90.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.47 mb = 410.26 m = 1345.99 ft T: 23.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 17.80 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1476.32 m = 4843.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.57 C = 90.63 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 4.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 15.57 C K Index: 18.47 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 270.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.24 mb = 876.03 m = 2874.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.24 mb = 4144.53 m = 13597.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.24 mb = 10930.07 m = 35859.39 ft B at Equ Level: 270.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.24 mb = 14178.27 m = 46516.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 97.0 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 127.0 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 60.81 Bulk Shear: 4.45 m/s